Clothes-drier.



W. RINGBLOM.

CLOTHES' Damn. APPLICATION FILED FEB.28, 1908.

911,160.Y y r Patented Feb. 2,1909;

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CLOTHES-DETER.

specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application led. February 28, 1908. Serial No. 418,245.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that AxnL W. RINGBLOM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Drier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes driers.

The-principal obj ect of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and inexpensive construction which will serve to properly hold the arms of the clothes drier both in extended and folded positions.

Many forms of clothes driers have been made, adapted to be placed on the wall, but as a general thing they involve complications in construction which render them somewhat expensive or else involve vmechanism which takes up considerable room.

This invention is designed to do away with such complications, and to provide a device of this character which can be folded up on the wall without providing any special means for locking it in its folded position.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the-accompanying drawings which show a preferred form of the invention, and in which,-

Figure 1 is a plan of a clothes drier showing the parts in expanded position and made according to this invention. Fig. 2 vis an elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the parts in folded position, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modification.

The device is designed to be attached to the wall in fixed position, and for this purpose a support is provided which preferably consists of a pair of screws 10 adapted to be inserted in the wall, and each having a head 11 provided with a top bearing surface 12. Two of these screws are shown. The bracket 13 is pivoted to these screws so as normally to hang down therefrom. lt consists of a base from which extends a supporting table 16; also mounted on the top of the base is a metallic plate 17 This metallic plate extends outwardly and is spaced from the table 16 so as to receive the ends of the arms 18 between it and the table. These arms are pivotally mounted between these two elements by means of screws 19 or the like. When the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the arms may be swung outwardly by taking hold of the two outer ones and drawing them away from each other. Their inner ends 20 extend beyond the pivots and have engagement with the inner ends of the next arms so as to automatically swing them ont when the outer ones are drawn apart. The two middle arms have inner projections 21 extending further in and engaging pins 22 when they are folded up so as to prevent them from swinging past the central line of the drier. As the central ones cannot swing ast their central line, it is obvious that t e others cannot, as they come in contact with the central arms when they are folded up.

Special attention is directed to a spring 23 which is fixed to the top of the base between it and the ends of the arms. This s ring engages the ends of the outer arms w ien they are folded up and tends to hold them in foldled position. It also engages the bearing surfaces 12 of the screw head support when the parts are turned up in the position shown in Fig. 3 and yieldingly holds the bracket and arms in that position. In other words, the spring 23 holds the bracket in vertical position and also'holds the end arms in vertical position and prevents them from spreading when in that position. Therefore the parts are held up out of the way simply by turning them up in the position shown in Fig. 3 without the necessity of looking them or provid- Ving any particular way of holding them other than the spring and bearing surfaces 12.

It will be seen from a consideration of the form of the invention shown in the drawin s that it can be constructed in a most simp e manner, and at small expense, and that it has all the necessary functions of a drier of this character.

Tn Fig. 4 is shown a form in which the support consists of springs 3() which bear against the` flat end surfaces of the end arms 18 and the spring 23 will not be used.

While T have illustrated and described a preferred form of the invention I am aware that` the same may be carried out in many other ways without departing from the scope thereof as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the particularform shown, but

What I do claim is 1. In a clothes drier, the combination of a bracket pivoted on a horizontal axis, arms pivotally mounted thereon, and yielding means for holding the bracket with the arms extending vertically therefrom and closed together.

2. In a clothes drier, the combination of a xed support, a bracket pivoted thereto, said support having a horizontal bearing surface, and a flat spring on the bracket arranged transverse thereto Jfor engaging said surface and holding the bracket vertically above the support.

3. In a clothes drier, the combination of a support, consisting of a plurality of fastening devices having flat top bearing surfaces, a bracket pivoted to said support, and a spring mounted on the bracket and adapted to engage all of said flat bearing surfaces simultaneously when the bracket is swung upwardly on the support to vertical position, whereby the bracket will be held in vertical position.

4. In a clothes drier, the combination of a support having a bearing surface, a bracket pivoted to said support, arms mevably mounted on the bracket, and a spring located on the bracket and engaging said support and the ends of the outer` arms to hold the bracket and arms in vertical position.

5. In a clothes drier, the combination o1c a support consisting of a plurality oic screws, each havinCr a head provided with a flat top, a bracket pivoted to said heads and having a spring adapted to engage the flat tops orl the screw-heads to hold the bracket in vertical position thereon, and arms pivotally mounted en the bracket, the outer arms extending to said spring, and engaging it to prevent the arms spreading when held in vertical position.

In a clothes drier, the combination of a pivoted bracket, arms pivotally mounted thereon, and a spring on the bracket engaging the ends of the outer arms and holding them in a position perpendicular to the axis on which the bracket swings.

7. In a clothes drier, the combination oi' a bracket, a plurality of arms pivotally mounted thereon, means for yieldingly holding the outer arms in closed position, and means separate from the arms for preventing the inner arms from swinging beyond a certain point in one direction.

S. In a clothes drier, the combination oi' a bracket, a series of arms pivoted thereon, the outer arms of said series extending inwardly beyond their pivots, means 'for engaging said arms when in folded position to hold them in 'folded position, the two inner arms of said series projecting inwardly beyond their pivots, and pins engaging said inner arms to prevent their moving beyond a certain point.

9. A clothes drier comprising a bracket consisting of a base piece and a table extending vertically therefrom, means for pivoting the bracket at the top of the base piece, a metallic plate iixed to the top of the base piece and extending over the table and spaced therefrom, a plurality of arms between and pivoted to the said metallic, plate and the table, and means for holding the bracket with the base piece horizontal.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AXEL IN. RINGBLOM. IiVitnesses A. FAY,

C. Fonnnsr ITIssoN. 

